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Raging Colorado, Arizona wildfires prompt evacuations
2013-06-21 03:24:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Several wildfires raged unchecked across drought-parched Colorado on Thursday, one threatening oil and gas wells close to the Utah border and another about 300 miles to the southeast chased a group of Boy Scouts from their camp near New Mexico. A separate wind-whipped fire roaring through chaparral and pine forests in central Arizona forced the evacuation of about 460 homes near the town of Prescott, about 100 miles north of Phoenix. Scorching temperatures, low humidity and gusting winds have...
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Officials Urge Evacuations in German Floods
2013-06-05 12:25:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: Officials in eastern Germanys river cities and towns on Wednesday urged citizens in vulnerable areas to evacuate their homes as the Elbe River and its tributaries swelled ever higher, amid some of the worst flooding that some regions have seen in centuries. More than 600 residents of Dresden, where the floodwaters were expected to peak later in the day, were brought to safety, city officials said. Electricity and water services to the citys affected center were cut off. Farther north in Bitterfeld,...
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Mission District Gas Leak Prompts Street Closures, Evacuations
2013-02-20 22:39:09| Energy - Topix.net
Homes and businesses in part of San Francisco's Mission District have been evacuated this morning because of a gas leak, authorities said.
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Train carrying chemicals derails in North Carolina, causes evacuations
2013-02-03 06:00:59| Railroads - Topix.net
A freight train carrying a hazardous ammonia product derailed in North Carolina on Saturday, causing authorities to evacuate several hundred people in the rural community of Bladenboro in the southeastern part of the state.
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Train derailment forces downtown evacuations
2013-01-21 10:50:27| Railroads - Topix.net
No one was injured Sunday when a Union Pacific freight train derailed at 11 a.m. in downtown Colfax and forced a temporary evacuation, the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection reported.
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